Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation

To ensure foolproof, Liu Chuandao opened the small group chat of the class boys and asked:

"Brothers, let me ask, between a 200-pound woman and a 200-pound sandbag, both are equally heavy, right?"

During self-study class, many boys in the back row had their phones, Wang Longlong replied: "Brother Dao, are you out of your mind?"

Liu Chuandao: "I'm just asking, just asking!"

Cui Yu: "The 200-pound woman is heavier."

Liu Chuandao: "Aren't they both 200 pounds?"

Cui Yu: "Not the same, because they will underreport their weight."

Liu Chuandao instantly became alert, fortunately, he was not careless and asked in the class group in advance.

...

With the sound of the school bell, students rushed out of the classroom.

But there are always some people, sitting calmly like Taishan, such as Chen Qian, such as Huang Yuzhu.

Today it was Huang Yuzhu's turn to clean the classroom. After most students had left, he picked up the broom and earnestly began to sweep.

Tang Jing stayed behind to help him sweep.

Recently, Tang Jing intensified her pursuit of Huang Yuzhu, wanting to take advantage of Pang Jiao's downfall to provoke Huang Yuzhu and make the two sides confront each other, completely driving away Pang Jiao.

This sense of urgency made Tang Jing lose part of her rationality and become somewhat obsessed.

In the past, she hated doing chores the most, but she stubbornly helped Huang Yuzhu finish sweeping a row of desks. Only when all the work was done did she leave with Huang Yuzhu.

When Huang Yuzhu was about to go to the garage to find his bicycle, Tang Jing suddenly called him: "Yuzhu, accompany me for a walk around the playground."

On the honest face of Huang Yuzhu, he hesitated for two seconds because he didn't want to return home too late. The noise of the iron gate closing at home was very loud, and he worried about disturbing his grandmother's sleep by returning too late.

But Tang Jing helped him a lot, like registering him for the marathon, and she just helped him sweep the floor. So Huang Yuzhu had to repay the favor!

"Alright!" Huang Yuzhu tightened his multi-functional backpack and walked toward the dim playground.

The moon, street lamps, rubber track, night wind, the silhouettes of young boys and girls outlined the colors of youth.

Taking advantage of the beautiful moonlit night, Tang Jing seized the opportunity and exclaimed: "The moonlight tonight is so beautiful!"

After saying this, she made up her mind, sacrificing the lamb to catch the wolf, and she shook her hand toward Huang Yuzhu.

Huang Yuzhu thought he had offended her territory and quickly stepped aside.

His quick step aside instantly angered Tang Jing. Despite her bold approach, the country bumpkin Huang Yuzhu still wasn't willing?

Tang Jing exploded suddenly, her expression changed: "Huang Yuzhu, are you a man or not?"

"Oh, are you a man?"

"Is there any man in your whole family?"

Huang Yuzhu was inexplicably scolded. If it was just directed at him, he could endure it, but Tang Jing said about his whole family.

Even a clay figure has some anger, Huang Yuzhu said: "How am I not?"

Tang Jing sneered, getting shameless: "Can you prove it?"

Huang Yuzhu reached into his pants, Tang Jing was startled, with such a dark and windy night, what was he planning to do!

Tang Jing, full of bravado and cowardice: "Prove it! Go ahead and prove it!"

In Tang Jing's stunned gaze, Huang Yuzhu pulled out his ID card, showing it in front of Tang Jing, and pointed to the gender column, asking: "Am I a man?"

...

Monday, Fourth Middle School Cafeteria.

After morning self-study, Cui Yu walked with Guo Kunnan, boasting about the girl he was recently chatting with online, saying how beautiful she was, making Guo Kunnan very envious.

It made him plan to open the proximity feature and meet some girls.

Cui Yu showed off for a while, then quickly ran off. Today it was his turn at their table to serve the staple food, so he had to speed up.

Five minutes later.

Tang Jing walked to the dining table and saw Duan Shigang at the same table, along with Qiang Li and even Song Sheng, all three of them pointing at Cui Yu's nose and scolding him very fiercely.

The usually cunning and treacherous Cui Yu now had an embarrassed look on his face and surprisingly did not fight back.

Tang Jing found it strange; wasn't Cui Yu the kind of person who didn't seem so weak?

Now it was time to eat, and Tang Jing didn't meddle. She looked at the dishes on the table: cabbage with vermicelli, sausage with potato slices, preserved spicy radish cubes, a plate of fried eggs, and a plate of fried chicken strips sprinkled with cumin and chili powder.

Tang Jing's rice bowl wasn't there, it seemed Huang Yuzhu, her tablemate, got porridge for her, slightly easing the frustration in her heart.

Tang Jing aimed at the plate of fried chicken strips; it was a fixed portion, eight pieces per plate, just enough for the people at the table.

However, today's plate of chicken strips was arranged pretty ordinarily, even somewhat messy.

Tang Jing didn't mind. She picked up a fried chicken strip, took a couple of bites, not bad, tasted quite good.

Then she saw that three people were still scolding Cui Yu.

Tang Jing found it a bit noisy. The cafeteria was already very loud, and now there was a bout of yelling nearby.

Impatiently, she said, "Whatever it is, talk about it back in the classroom. Is it not embarrassing enough out here?"

When Tang Jing got angry, she was rather fierce, quite intimidating.

Duan Shigang cursed, "I'm fed up with him. While placing the steamed buns, he knocked all the chicken strips onto the floor. And instead of just leaving them, he picked them all up and put them back on the plate, trying to bluff his way through."

"Tell me, am I wrong to scold him? Fair or not?"

Tang Jing looked down at the cafeteria floor, thought of the chicken strips she had just eaten, and remained silent.

Cui Yu, feeling a bit irritated by the trio's words, saw Tang Jing not saying anything and said, "You guys call yourself men? You're not even as dignified as Tang Jing, a girl. See if she's said anything?"

Duan Shigang, Song Sheng, and Qiang Li all turned to look at Tang Jing.

Tang Jing took a deep breath and said to the three of them, "Are you tired of scolding? Now it's my turn!"

...

The joys and sorrows of humans are not interconnected.

At Jiang Ning's small dining table, Xue Yuantong took a piece of steamed bun and said, "I'm so hungry. I was starving until midnight last night before I could fall asleep."

Tang Fu glanced sideways, "Why were you hungry until midnight? Did you check the time?"

Xue Yuantong didn't speak anymore, arrogantly thinking, 'Big people are all foolish.'

Jiang Ning picked up a deep-fried doughstick, wrapped the chicken strip in it, added a slice of fried egg, and then some of the beef sauce he got from Teacher Guo Ran, taking a big bite.

He liked eating this way, especially for breakfast, but felt something was missing. Thinking for a moment, he said, "I'm going to the small supermarket next to us to buy juice. Does anyone want a drink?"

Tang Fu immediately waved his hand, "Ice cola, please!"

"Me too!" another voice piped up.

Jiang Ning asked, "What do you want?"

Geng Lu smiled gently, "I'll go with you."

"Alright." Jiang Ning and she went together to buy cola.

After they left, Chen Siyu looked at the wrap Jiang Ning left in the bowl and clicked her tongue in wonder, "He's quite the eater, huh?"

Her sister Chen Siqing said, "Feels like he should know how to cook?"

Xue Yuantong almost laughed out loud. She restrained her expression a bit, proudly saying, "Him? Forget cooking. Even for cooking rice, he has to ask me how much water to add!"

This sentence both highlighted Jiang Ning's clumsiness and subtly showcased her own cooking skills, killing two birds with one stone.

Xue Yuantong's words left Bai Yuxia with no retort because she'd tasted Xue Yuantong's cooking at the river dam, and it was among the best meals she'd ever had in her limited life.

Such culinary skills left Bai Yuxia too far behind to even think about catching up.

'But Tongtong is too arrogant, isn't she?' Bai Yuxia's eyes gleamed as she discreetly praised, "Tongtong is great at cooking."

Flattered by these words, Xue Yuantong's little face broke into an especially lovely smile, her chin slightly raised:

"He's well-fed now, but if I ever stop cooking for him, he'll be miserable!"

Bai Yuxia suddenly teased, "Then he'll surely find someone who will cook for him, won't he?"

Xue Yuantong immediately thought of Chuchu, her expression stiffening a bit, before stubbornly saying, "No one cooks better than me."

Bai Yuxia concluded, 'Attack effective.'

She had a thought, 'What if there's someone with better cooking skills than Tongtong? How would she react?'